RELATIVE PRONOUNS / CLAUSES

מילות קישור. מקבילות ל- ש בעברית. הן לא מתפקדות כמילות שאלה במשפט.

They can describe the noun which comes before them.  מתארות את שם העצם שלפניהן

• The person who came in looked angry.
• I had a meal which was delicious.
• I can’t wait to tell you about the people that I met.
• Some of the places that we visited were impressive.

They are ords that are used to connect sentences. מילים שמחברות משפטים.

I met a boy. He had just come back from Nepal.

I met a boy who had just come back from Nepal.

Dan works for a company. It makes spaghetti.

Dan works for a company which makes spaghetti.

To talk about place and time, we use where and when. כדי לדבר על מקום וזמן נשתמש ב-

• This is the place where I live.
• This is the date when I was born.

To show possessiveness we use whose להראות שייכות נשתמש ב-

• Arik is the boy whose pen I borrowed.
• This is the actor whose movie won the Oscar.

We use:

• who – for people
• which – for animals and objects
• that – for people and animals / objects (will not come after a comma.)
• where – for places
• when – for time
• why – for explaining a reason
• whose – for possessiveness
• whom – for people (mostly after prepositions)